dnews Special Edition - IT'S OK #7
does it rock? yea baby, yea!

**** Contents ****
Thatch's Facts
Heat Magazine Review
dotmusic.com
Radio 1 Irony
A Week In Review

**** Thatch’s Facts ****
The final edition of "Thatch’s Facts," the title that almost rhymed but not
quite, is served slightly lukewarm with extra helpings of anorak. Jon copes
admirably with the manner in which we attempt to foil him into proving
nerdish leanings and emerges a responsible member of the community once
more.

S?: If It's OK had to be on the soundtrack of an animated film, which one
would it be and why?
JT: Maybe Watership Down because its positively dark.
S?: Did Neil Morrissey direct the video as he threatened to?
JT: No, Mr Andrew Hutch directed it. The concept of the video is basically
the next step from the tour vid which Andy shot so the job was his.
S?: What’s the point of releasing singles if only teen girls buy them? That’
s not really your market is it? Or is it, eh? ; )
JT: Singles are a very effective way for as many people as possible to hear
the music. If people didn’t ever have the opportunity of hearing our music
then there would be little point in writing it. Singles are a small part of
what we do but they create a lot of attention. As for the teen girl market…I
still buy singles and I’m neither teen or girl…I think…

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**** Heat Magazine Review ****
This Christian soft rock quintet boasts Neil Morrissey as their biggest fan
and can sell out a UK tour without anyone noticing. It's Okay sets
melancholy I-will-survive sentiments to a few sad violins and an accoustic
guitar they could have nicked from Radiohead, before climbing gently into
bed with the kind of tastefully-dramatic finale Travis excel at. They're
doing well in America and this single has been used as a theme to the Fox
series Get Real . So cheer up lads: you know you're going to heaven. 2
stars.

~ The same magazine gave A1 one star and has been described as "not worth
the paper it's printed on" by some neutral pundits. Perhaps the most
disappointing thing about this review is the lack of research; delirious?
are hardly a "soft rock" band, and Mezzamorphis was released months before
'The Man Who,' the Travis album delirious? supposedly stole from.

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**** dotmusic.com ****
Delirous? - 'It's OK'
(Furious)

You won't hear them on the radio or see them on TV but U2 meets Radiohead
five piece Delirious? have a dedicated army of fans who guarantee their
records chart everytime.

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**** Radio 1 Irony ****
I just thought that I would drop you a line to point out that ironically,
the Radio 1 message Board is brimming with postings about Delirious and the
news is spreading a long long way!

~ from Benjamin Welby

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**** A Week In Review ****
It's been a strapping week for Delirious?. The heady excitement caused by
the announcement of a single over 130 days ago came to a boiling point this
week as d: embarked on a whirlwind tour of the country to accompany the new
single, "It's OK." As one punter said to me, "I think that delirious?
announced the single so long ago that everyone forgot it was actually out
this month." The week kicked off in style with delirious? playing to a
packed Manchester Virgin Megastore at midnight - the first in a series of
appearances that pulled in over 3,000 people around the country - and
signing copies of the single. Jon wasn't there as he was attending a wedding
in the US, but this is a good sign for delirious?: for the band, people come
first. Lovely stuff; and stuff got lovelier with the announcement that "It's
OK" was at number 12 after the first day of sales. He was back for
Southampton appearance, where the band pulled in an unprecedented number of
people, so much that the store had to be closed to prevent more people
piling in, and the gig starting half an hour early as d: pounded through
their "old" setlist of Bliss, Gravity, Heaven, It's OK and Deeper became the
usual on this mini-tour. Then it was off home for a bit before racing back
up the motorway to appear bright and early on the Big Breakfast, which
includes the infamous "did he? didn't he?" Jon Thatcher 'Salvation Barmy'
moment. The interview went well and d: left to a warm goodbye and arrived in
Nottingham a few scant hours later to a scorching reception at the local HMV
before piling onto the d:bus (maybe the same one used in the hilarious
'Pursuit Of Happiness' video, but unlikely) to be in Birmingham HMV to run
through the usual set-list. Then came the climax of the week; the mid-week
chart position was revealed, and delirious? were in at 14, having already
slipped two from the position after Day One. The lads popped into the London
Today studio to record a brief lunchtime piece, and then rattled over to
Oxford Street to appear in the prestigiously massive Virgin Megastore - to
crowds of somewhere between 800 and 1000, not as I had previously
over-guessed - Martin announced they were at 16, and then rattled into
Metamorphis and then the usual setlist. The following day they appeared in
Guildford - dubbed by Martin "the heart of London" and by the Goatee Crew as
a "total dump where the train conductors rip you off" - where their chart
position was still 16 (a good sign that they were holding their own) but it
seemed the band would be very happy if the single went Top 20. The best
moment came when a bloke yelled out "Too good for Radio One!" to which
Martin could only respond, "You lot, eh? You lot." Done with their whirlwind
tour, delirious? went back to Littlehampton to have a breather and put their
feet up. And as they sit there with tea and crumpets, they ponder the
future. Where will the single chart tomorrow?

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Here's to the lads.

[signed]

Adam, Adrian, Mike, Scooby

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